AltWeeklies Wire
The Adulterer's Perp Walknew
As with Spitzer's self-destruction in New York, sex scandals are spectacular but brief.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
03-21-2008 |
Media
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Right-Wing Talking Heads Go Down With the Shipnew
As the administration sinks lower, the right-wing media rats have started to scamper.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
11-02-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
What, 'MAD' Worry?new
Examining culture for over 50 years, the humor magazine still has no shortage of good material.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
09-21-2007 |
Media
Bye-Bye, Bat Boynew
Weekly World News in final, tragic days as supermarket tabloids fight for life.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
08-10-2007 |
Media
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Three O'clock Fearnew

Lou Dobbs bangs his poison drum.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
06-29-2007 |
Media
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How to Purge the Passenew

The firing of Don Imus may point the way to getting rid of other pathetic old fools.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
04-20-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Does Viral Media Weaken the Press, or Empower the People?new
From Nero to Nixon, despots have feared the mob, so could the videophone/YouTube/Blackberry internet be the New Mob they must rightly fear?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
04-06-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Lexicon Devilmentnew
Arianna Huffington's next goal: to become a verb.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
02-09-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Putting the 'Ho in Ho Ho Honew
TV advertising and the rise of the schmuck husband.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
01-02-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
The Menage a Trois From Hellnew

Publishing should learn from the O.J./Regan/Murdoch fiasco -- but it won't.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
12-01-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Apocalypse All Over Againnew
Middle East meltdown? For U.S. cable news channels, that's entertainment.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
07-28-2006 |
Media
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What Took So Long?new
Major magazines assess Bush's failures in detail, but there's still a down side.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
05-05-2006 |
Media
Kill Bill Vol. 3new
The O'Reilly Factor may be proven dumb, but it's still dangerous.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
04-07-2006 |
Media
Earth Gets the Cold Shouldernew
Global warming isn’t a hot topic for the U.S. media.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
03-10-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Poll Dancenew
The odds are overwhelming that 2006 will prove the most disgusting election in U.S. history -- until 2008, that is.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
02-10-2006 |
Media
Tags: media